Principles of War
Attacking the enemy at a time, place, or in a manner for which they are not prepared
What is Surprise?
Avoiding unnecessary complexity in organizing, preparing, planning, and conducting military operations
What is Simplicity?
Maintaining legal and moral authority
What is Legitimacy?
Coordinated force across multiple domains can produce effects that exceed the contributions of forces employed individually
Synergistic Effects
Speed and range allowing its forces to visit and revisit wide ranges of targets nearly at will
What is Persistence?
Ensuring concentration of effort for every objective under one responsible commander
What is Unity of Command?
Ensuring to never permit the enemy to acquire unexpected advantage
What is Security?
Prevention of excessive use of force
What is Restraint?
Focusing overwhelming power at the decisive time and place
Approach to Command & Control that empowers subordinate decision-making
What is Mission Command?
An action with a purpose to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative.
What is Offensive?
Flexible application of combat power that places enemy in a position of disadvantage through the
What is Maneuver?
Ensuring commitment necessary to achieve strategic objectives
What is Perseverance?
Establishing clear precendence for use of airpower
What is Priority?
Dynamic and correct leveling of the principles of joint operations and the tenets of airpower to bring DAF capabilities together
The concentration the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to achieve decisive results
What is Mass?
Direct military ops toward a defined and attainable goal that contributes to strategic, operational, and tactical aims.
What is Objective?
Ensuring wide range of agencies coordinate their resources to focus on the same goal
What is Unity of Effort?
Allows airpower to exploit mass and maneuver simultaneously, and to employ airpower effectively at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war and provide a variety of tasks with other forces
What is Flexibility and Versatility?
The judicious employment and distribution of forces
What is Economy of Force?